#iti mapukpukaw

[linobrocka]

Iti Mapukpukaw ('The Missing', 2023)

direksyon ni Carl Joseph Papa

[thatfraudcassandra]

Day 7: Your favorite animated movie

[best-underrated-anime]

for filo anime, trese and barangay 143! the only one i watched out of the two was trese though (very good supernatural anime)

I’ve watched Trese and is the one I plan to include. I’ve never seen Barangay 143, but I have heard of it.

I don't really know other filo anime that are series. I know of The Lovers (which I don't know if it's already out) and Iti Mapukpukaw (the Philippines' entry to the 96th Academy Awards), but neither are series and I also haven't watched them...

[moviemosaics]

The Missing

directed by Carl Joseph Papa, 2023

[popcornbutterfly]

[filmpolicereviews]

Cinemalaya 2023 Round-up! (Part 1)

We're back! Check out Roy Narra's review of the five (out of ten) feature films in Cinemalaya 2023! Stay tuned for our podcast review of the experience and more with our colleagues from the Society of Filipino Film Reviewers.

Roy Narra reviews five of the ten Feature Films in this year’s Cinemalaya 2023. Read about ‘Huling Palabas’, ‘Iti Mapukpukaw’, ‘Gitling’, ‘Maria’ and ‘When This is All Over’. Editor’s note: this year’s Cinemalaya Film Festival was held at a new venue. While the main venue (Cultural Center of the Philippines) had undergone into a slew of renovations, this year’s event was held at the prestigious…

[cannedthoughts]

Watched a series of Cinemalaya films this weekend. Finally being able to spoil myself with things that I really wanted. All my thoughts and reflections on the movies I watched (Rookie, Iti Mapukpukaw, Huling Palabas) are swimming right now in my half-awake brain so I don't know if I can assimilate them and somewhat anchor them down on paper or even in a post. This is my major problem: I am too lazy, or distracted, or pressured.

I have always wanted good stories since I was a child. As I grew older, I also wanted to tell stories of my own. I promised myself that one day, I will finally have the right emotional climate to finally start. If that day does not come, then I hope I can forgive myself. For now, this should be enough.

I cannot wait to hear your stories too, dear reader. For now, we go out into the world and listen.

[thatfraudcassandra]

Day 2: A movie you cannot recommend enough

Doesn't specify what kind of recos, so here are a few:

The Man from Earth (2007)

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

Iti Mapukpukaw (2023)

The Holdovers (2023)

Stuck in Love (2012)

[linobrocka]

Iti Mapukpukaw ('The Missing', 2023)

direksyon ni Carl Joseph Papa

[thatfraudcassandra]

The worst horror stories in my opinion always start out in a quiet room, in the middle of the night. Hands on thighs, fingers pressed against lips. One thing to watch it onscreen, another to live it. The former not any less horrifying.

Which is why filmmakers who dare to tell these stories have a daunting task. It has to be non-gratuitous. It has to be redemptive for the survivor. It has to be freeing. It has to give a voice back to those who were scared into silence because the reality is unspeakable.

Iti Mapukpukaw is not devoid of flaws. For one, there’s a noticeable lack of trigger warning that aids in its dramatic reveal but doesn’t shield survivors from reliving trauma they don’t want to unpack. I think movies like this should be approached with a truckload of caution and should be pockmarked with asterisks.

Some parts are kooky, like the bouncing appendage, which I think takes away from the heaviness of the material. Not generally a bad thing, but I prefer my feelings to not be confused in the moment.

But much more can be said about its gentleness. The tender, raw emotion in Precy’s eyes when she’s asked if she’s okay. The fact that no one had to be crude about the details of the assault (aside from the aforementioned genitalia). The slow unfolding of Eric’s memories, remembering what he buried deep because it was too shameful and too life-altering to remember. The initial frustration in Carlo when he doesn’t see Eric’s monsters, and his eventual understanding and pretending to slay the aliens that plague him. The reclaiming, the redemption.

You lose parts of yourself to trauma, and while this film takes that to its most literal sense, it doesn't feel contrived. It feels...like naming what exactly ails me. And that I can overcome it. It’s a horror story where the final girl slays her demons. It’s hope enough for me.